Inroads To Opportunities, President & CEO, Is Appointed To New Jersey Community Health Planning Council
Inroads to Opportunities, is pleased to announce our President & CEO, Angela Calzone, was appointed to the New Jersey Community Behavioral Health Planning Council as a Family Representative.
- Newark, NJ (1888PressRelease) June 21, 2025 - Inroads to Opportunities, is pleased to announce our President & CEO, Angela Calzone, was appointed to the New Jersey Community Behavioral Health Planning Council as a Family Representative.
Inroads to Opportunities is a Union County, NJ, based non-profit, social services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities ranging in age from 16 to retirement. As the largest skills training program for individuals with disabilities in New Jersey, Inroads offers vocational preparation, transition from school to work, job placement and coaching, certificate training programs, day habilitation, and mental health services.
The New Jersey Community Health Planning Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The Council advocates for adults and children with mental illnesses and those who suffer from substance abuse. Their services also include supports that are responsive, appropriate, and effective. In addition, the Council aids the Division by providing guidance in decision making.
Calzone stated, “It is a privilege to be a member of this Council. While my role as a leader of an agency providing mental health services is important, being a voice of lived experience on how mental health challenges has directly impacted my family is critical to me.”
ABOUT ANGELA CALZONE:
Angela Calzone, an award-winning business and management strategist, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Inroads to Opportunities. She previously served as the agency’s Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that she served as Chief Operating Officer in a contract position for The Webster Apartments in NYC and for ten years as a co-managing member of Change & Response Strategies, LLC, a consortium of leadership, management, human resources, marketing strategists and corporate trainers. Previously, Calzone has held senior leadership roles at a number of top consulting and professional services firms across an array of Verticals.
Throughout her career, Calzone has received numerous state-wide accolades in recognition of her exceptional leadership both as a serial entrepreneur and business professional. She has been among the finalists of NJ’s Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners by NJ Monthly Magazine, celebrated among the Best 50 Women in Business in New Jersey by NJBIZ Magazine and was nominated for Garden State Woman of the Year. Calzone holds a Master of Arts in corporate and organizational communications from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and business administration from Upsala College.
ABOUT INROADS TO OPPORTUNITIES:
Since 1959, the Occupational Center of Union County, DBA Inroads to Opportunities, a 501 c3 non-profit, social services agency has been providing programs and services to over 400 individuals annually with various types of disabilities and ranging in age from 16 through retirement, many of whom are economically disadvantaged. Programs and services include transition from school to work, vocational preparation, certificate training programs, job placement & coaching, day habilitation, and mental health services. Based in Roselle, NJ, Inroads to Opportunities supports individuals throughout northern and central New Jersey.
Now in its 66th year, Inroads to Opportunities is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an approved provider of the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and Commission of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Inroads is licensed by the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, NJ Division of Mental Health, and Addiction Services to provide partial care and the Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide Day Habilitation, Pre-Vocational and Transportation Services. Inroads is an approved Medicaid provider and an approved Employment Network under the Ticket to Work Social Security initiative and an approved Benefits Planning and Counseling Service through the NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
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